HEX atlas value

#232010

#232010 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Carbon Fiber. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 35, 32, 16, HSL 51, 37%, 10%, has luminance 0.0143, and belongs to the dark and earth tone groups.

yellow warm dark earth-tone

#232010 Sample readable text

HEX #232010

RGB rgb(35, 32, 16)

HSL hsl(51 37% 10%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 9, 54, 86)

Luminance 0.0143

Contrast Black 1.29:1White 16.33:1

CSS

--color-232010: #232010;
.background-232010 { background-color: #232010; }
.text-232010 { color: #232010; }

Luminance0.0143

Black text1.29:1AA Fail

White text16.33:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#232010","rgb":[35,32,16],"hsl":[51,37,10],"cmyk":[0,9,54,86],"luminance":0.0143,"contrast":{"black":1.29,"white":16.33}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.29,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":16.33,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#101323","hex":"#101323","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.14,"contrastWhite":18.42,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#231710","hex":"#231710","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.2,"contrastWhite":17.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.21,"contrastWhite":17.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1D1C16","hex":"#1D1C16","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.23,"contrastWhite":17.07,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","dark","earth tone","dark yellow","earth tone yellow","Carbon Fiber adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/232010.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-fiber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/matte-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raisin.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#101323","analogous":["#231710","#1C2310"],"triadic":["#102320","#201023"],"tetradic":["#102317","#101323","#23101C"],"splitComplementary":["#101C23","#171023"],"monochromatic":["#625A2D","#232010","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#625A2D","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#29240A","desaturated":"#1D1C16","pastel":"#6D6746","neon":"#5C4E00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":14.45683229480096},{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":14.730919862656235},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":20.049937655763422},{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":23.2163735324878},{"slug":"slate-black","name":"Slate Black","hex":"#26282A","distance":27.367864366808018}]

HEX meaning and use

About #232010

#232010 is classified as a warm yellow value with dark and earth tone visual character. #232010 is visually closest to Carbon Fiber, a named gray color with HEX #1C1C1C.

The RGB channels are 35, 32, and 16, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 51deg with 37% saturation and 10% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0143, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 14.46, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.29:1AA Fail

White text16.33:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #232010 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.29:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF16.33:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#FFFFFF text · best 21:1#000000

#101323#FFFFFF text · best 18.42:1#101323

#231710#FFFFFF text · best 17.47:1#231710

Matte Black#FFFFFF text · best 17.41:1#1A1A1A

#1D1C16#FFFFFF text · best 17.07:1#1D1C16

Generated Palette

#232010#232010

#101323#101323

#231710#231710

#1C2310#1C2310

#625A2D#625A2D

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#101323#101323

#231710#231710

#1C2310#1C2310

#102320#102320

#201023#201023

Variants

#625A2D#625A2D

Black#000000

#29240A#29240A

#1D1C16#1D1C16

#6D6746#6D6746

#5C4E00#5C4E00

Nearest Named Colors

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Raisin#242124

Rubber#2A2725

Slate Black#26282A

#232010

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #232010

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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